Hi all!
I look up questions on here all the time, but finally made an account of my own. I've got about 25 laying hens in Tucson. Sell eggs at the farmers market.
I've always wanted to breed olive eggers and finally this year I have a good BCM roo and a good Amerucauna roo and set up their...
In April 2022, we hatched our own eggs that came from a friend. They had previously hatched eggs from their flock in the past and all chicks are identifiable. Now comes my turn… The only rooster in the mix was a red colored EE/Americana. The only hens are EE/Ameraucana mix with 2/3 sapphire...
So these are my first city chickens, we aren't "allowed" roosters in the city limits but took a chance on TSC straight run Amerucaunas. We started with 6 and lost 1 that was at least two weeks younger than the rest of the batch, thanks TSC, so there are 5 left at almost 6 weeks old. My gut is...